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Bridget represents businesses and individuals in a wide array of matters. She has a particular interest in general civil litigation, including property disputes, probate and trust litigation, contract disputes, personal injury, and employment litigation, but she also counsels clients with regard to real estate transactions and other transactional matters. Bridget works out of the firm's Rochester office and is admitted to practice in New Hampshire and Maine.

Bridget first joined Ransmeier & Spellman in 2017, and worked out of the firm's former Alton office. Subsequently, she spent a year at a large firm in Portland, Maine as a member of the firm's environmental and litigation practice groups. While there, Bridget worked with a team of attorneys representing a group of over 70 companies in a large and complex CERCLA case regarding the Lower Passaic River in New Jersey. She returned to Ransmeier & Spellman in August 2020.

Bridget was raised in Grafton, New Hampshire. She obtained her B.A. in Anthropology from Bard College in 2006. Bridget is a summa cum laude graduate of Vermont Law School, where she completed a joint degree program, earning her J.D. as well as a Master's in Environmental Law & Policy. While in law school, she was a managing editor of the Vermont Law Review and a semi-finalist in the Debevoise Moot Court Competition, and held legal internships at the Natural Resource Defense Council in New York City and the Appellate Division of the Vermont Defender General. After law school, Bridget served as a law clerk at the New Hampshire Superior Court for two years. Bridget currently lives in Sanford, Maine.

Education

  • Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont
    • J.D. - 2015
    • Honors: summa cum laude
    • Major: Masters in Environmental Law & Policy
  • Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, New York
    • B.A. - 2006
    • Major: Anthropology
  • Tufts University, Grafton, Massachusetts
    • M.S. - 2011
    • Major: Animals & Public Policy

Bar Admission

  • New Hampshire, 2015
  • Maine, 2019

Honors

  • New England Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Civil Litigation: Defense for 2018 – 2023
  • 2024 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America (Litigation- Real Estate; Real Estate Law; Trusts and Estates)

Past Positions

  • New Hampshire Superior Court, Judicial Law Clerk, 2015 to 2017
  • Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Associate, 2019 to 2020